Tell me about Redplate amps

bikerdude2 said:
Never heard of them, and was offered one in a trade. A CS2. Any comparisons besides Fender circuits?
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The CDS2 is a great sounding amp that can do a variety of Fender tones and at any volume level. Black, brown, tweed. Great FX loop too. Won't do metal but gets a bunch of cool classic rock tones.
 
bikerdude2 said:
Any comparisons besides Fender circuits?
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No, they unashamedly do the Fender thing. Nice amps, but hard to get excited about such amps when there's 30 companies, including Fender, making this type of thing.

I do like their OTT marketing though:

RedPlate Amps is one of only a handful of truly custom, hand-wired guitar amplifier manufacturers in the world.

I wonder what they consider a handful.
 
I had a Redplate Blackverb combo at home for a trial before buying. It was a nice sounding amp but I returned it after the trial. I had already a Marshall amps that covered most of the amps sound.
 
I was excited to play a Redplate Magica once. I had read a lot about how great of an amp it is.
It sounded pretty big for a 1x12 combo, with a nice clean channel that could get to plexi crunch and a gain channel that would get pretty gainy. It was a thick and meaty, really middy tone. Not a tight n bright amp. It had a few switches to change the overall feel, sound and output wattage.
The build quality was good, from what I could tell.
Ultimately, while a good sounding amp, the Marshally sounds weren't in line with my tastes.
 
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